Napa Wine Country

In the morning, I knew I was in the places were the best chefs in the world are born. I had to check out bakeries. We stopped by 3 different ones and each one I fell in love with! But we were on time line today. After Sonomas best bakeries, we made our way to Napa County.
First we went to Jack Landon Historal park. He was an adventure and a writer. At this park it was well over 300 acres,  we saw his house, his dream house ( which was in ruins) the meadows and ranch. It was stepping back in time to 1900's.
Then we did two money pit stops at which 1. Was not worth time since there really was much to see 2. Not your money....really $18 per person? Why?  The first was the peterified redwood wood forest. You could see the few trees from the gift shop, and read about it there too. The second was Old Faithful. Reall you are going to chrage me when I can see it from the prking lot? Ok, whatever.
So now it was tme for wine. We were in Casiloga, so I really wanted to go see this castle. We didn't know if $18 per person was worh it. But when we drove up to the grand entrance we both knew we had to go in.
On both sides of the drive had tall shrubs and vinyards behind it. Then there it was...in the sun as it was slowly setting, The Castle! It was like nothing I have ever seen before. You hear about castles in anceint Europe, you read about them in fairytales, but its like nothing until you see a perfect replica of a 13th century castle here in America. Complete with a grand hall, chruch, torture chamber, 5 guard look out towers, a moat, a draw bridge. Its a sight not to be missed if you are in the area. Not only was the castle just stunning, but the wines were the best I ever had. We bought two bottles home...